Swan River - Professional Netting
Read in the paper yesterday that they are planning to reduce the number of netters in the Swan down to 2 and maybe to even 0 in the coming years. Sounds pretty good to me, except for the poor young bloke who bought into it only 2 years ago. But i'm sure that he will be more than adequately compensated when bought out, even thou he is remaining stubborn at this point in time.
I don't feel there is a place for netting in the Swan, especially considering the hard times it goes through in regards to pollution and algal blooms. Poor fish have enough to deal with and trying to prove that it is sustainable, by way of using the argument, if we take heaps this year - then there won't be as many next year - so we have to balance our takes to ensure we have money to make in the future. - Sustainability in this fashion doesn't really wash with me.
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Adam Gallash
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Swan Netting
The article is in page 10 of Monday's Western Australian Newspaper.
Fisherman's net return at risk:
Dream of working life on the river fades as Swan commercial fishery moves a step closer to closure.
Small excerpt.
'Says the biggest recorded net haul out of the Swan was 322 tonnes in 1973. The 28 year old, Ramon Jennings bought it 2 years ago at $200,000. Frank Prokop, Recfishwest agreed commercial fishers put little pressure on the river but said the biggest public benefit could be gained by limiting it to recreational fishing.'
Interesting stuff!
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Salmo
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He said WHAT
Did he really say the commercial netters have little pressure on the river...is this Jenning bloke his relative....
Adam Gallash
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Commercial Netters
Yep, thats what it says!!! Yeh, little bit wierd, im sure pro's have some impact on the Swan and it would be interesting to see how much their take is.
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